Amit Sharma
Sales Trader, FX and Rates at Makor Group- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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XSeries Program certificate in Computational Thinking using Python
MITx, in collaboration with edXJun, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Makor Group
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales Trader, FX and Rates
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Jul 2021 - Present
Responsible for building Makor’s business in Asia Pacific region. Market Makor’s offering to long only/sovereign funds/boutiques/family offices/index funds. Improve Makor’s profile in the FX Options Space and contribute towards its research product. Responsible for dealing FX, spot and derivatives, in Asian currencies. Responsible for building Makor’s business in Asia Pacific region. Market Makor’s offering to long only/sovereign funds/boutiques/family offices/index funds. Improve Makor’s profile in the FX Options Space and contribute towards its research product. Responsible for dealing FX, spot and derivatives, in Asian currencies.
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Citi
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Chief Operating Officer, Equities and Futures at CGMIPL
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May 2020 - Dec 2020
Responsible for front-to-back operations, business management, governance & controls framework, operational risk management, IT prioritization and regulatory change management of Equities and Futures Business in CGM, India. As part of COO function, involved with all aspects of the business including troubleshooting day to day issues, reviewing internal new policies & standards, driving control actions, overseeing quarterly risk & control assessments, implementing regulatory changes, identifying and remediating key emerging risks, and driving projects to meet business priorities. Show less
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Citi
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Director, EM Asia FX Options Trading
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Jul 2012 - Apr 2019
Reporting to the Global Head - FX Options, responsible for managing Options book risk across all Emerging Markets (EM), Asia currencies. Over the years, have built business by actively engaging customers, market make prices and identifying trading opportunities to achieve desk P&L targets
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Trader – Onshore INR FX Options
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Jan 2006 - Jun 2012
Responsible for building Onshore INR FX Options business. Market make FX option prices for Indian clients. Actively risk taking in India forex and rates markets besides options, to achieve desk P&L target.
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Structurer – Corporate Derivative Sales
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Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
Responsible for structuring, pricing and hedging derivative deals for Corporate Sales in India. Liaise between sales and trading teams to develop hedging solutions for customers and execute with least transaction costs.
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Manager – Product Control Group
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Aug 2003 - Dec 2004
Responsible for reporting Risk and P&L across all FX trading products for Citibank India Treasury. Monitor Trading risk against limits specified by Market Risk. Provide P&L attribution reports to Trading desk to identify main drivers of P&L.
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Education
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Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General -
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Textile Sciences and Engineering